On a boat off Costa Rica, a biologist uses pliers from a Swiss army knife to try to extract a plastic straw from a sea turtle’s nostril ... than any other marine animal, researchers say ...

At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the sea by 2050. Plastics pollution has a direct and deadly effect on wildlife. Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other ...

The planet is drowning in plastic, with dire impacts on wildlife, ecosystems, and human health. Could a landmark global ...

High levels of plastic pollution can kill the embryos of a wide range of ocean animals, new research shows. Scientists tested the effects of new PVC pellets (pre-production "nurdles" used to make ...

“We know that there are effects from plastics on animals at nearly all levels of biological organization,” Rochman says. “We know enough to act to reduce plastic pollution from entering the ...

Plastic pollution may be even ... U.K. has found that high levels of plastic pollution may actually be killing the embryos of a wide range of ocean animals. "If you have extreme pollution at ...

The amount of plastic in the ocean ... effects this may have on our own health. Despite this, there is hope! We can all take actions to change the situation. WWF is campaigning for a global and ...

Humanity influences marine life through a broad range of activities, spanning from fishing and pollution to noise ... want to know about the effects humans have on animals, who better to ask ...

Marine animals and birds now regularly eat plastic, and so do humans ... In addition, our studies indicate the effects of other sub-lethal stressors such as ocean noise pollution, which hampers the ...

The authors identified a parallel reduction over the Indian Ocean shipping lane in cloud water droplets, which tend to form in larger numbers in the wake of plumes of ship pollution.

Today, plastic represents 95 per cent of the waste floating in the Mediterranean and lying on its beaches. Rome, Italy – The Mediterranean Sea is turning ... from plastic pollution” raises the alarm ...

At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the sea by 2050. Plastics pollution has a direct and deadly effect on wildlife. Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other ...